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1974–1976 Waukeena East Of Tallahassee, Jefferson County, Florida Class A #40784

Memory told of a large hairy biped approaching a family as they dumped their garbage near Waukeenah

Relatives stopping at a communal trash dump in daylight saw a very large, naked, reddish-brown hair-covered male figure emerge from the tree line about 70 feet away. The figure growled and grunted as it approached quickly to within about 30 feet, emitting a strong rotten odor. The family retreated to their car and drove away. The reporter states he was reportedly present but has no memory of the incident.

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Spring 1963 North Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Class B #6992

Large bipedal creature passes child's window near Ft.Myers

At around 10 p.m. in 1963, the witness was lying in bed trying to sleep when heavy footsteps passed the bedroom window. The witness saw a huge shadow moving bipedally with a human-like walk, described as taller than a man, then heard a loud low-pitched moan. Frightened, the witness ran to the parents' bedroom sobbing and shaking.

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1884 Florida #a1037b54-6796-41ce-9ea4-e7ea731aa4d8

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1884)

In 1884 a rural community living around Ocheesee Pond lost livestock and heard eerie nighttime calls from the water. After children were frightened by a hair-covered figure, residents formed a posse, captured it, and transported it chained to the governor in Tallahassee. The governor could not place it and sent it to the nearby Chattahoochee hospital, where it died and was buried under later construction.

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BFRO YEAR: 2002; 2007 Hosford, Wakulla County, Florida Class B #67296

Vocalizations heard and nests found in remote part of Ochlockonee River bottom

Around 2002 the witness was hunting alone from a tree stand in river-bottom woods during an afternoon hunt. After a prolonged silence and faint squabbling sounds, just after dark he heard a loud piercing call immediately followed by a deep prolonged growl, repeated three times at closer range while a deer moved past. He called out, scanned with lights with his rifle ready, saw nothing, then left quickly when a boat arrived.

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Later in the week Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida Related account #12068

Vocalization near Ormond Beach, Florida

A few days later the witness returned with another person, placed a cantaloupe on the broken tree, heard a loud wheezing like a startled boar, and later found the cantaloupe hollowed out with intact shell.

VocalizationProperty disturbance
Two nights later Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida Related account #76634

Vocalization near Bushnell, Florida

Two nights later the witness heard the same grunt twice from farther away in the swamp and thought she saw eye shine about five feet off the ground that quickly disappeared.

VocalizationEyeshine
about 30 minutes ago Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

Vocalization near Hawthorne, Florida

The witness said vocal calling had occurred about half an hour before investigators arrived for an evening bonfire.

Vocalization
the past two nights Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida Related account #33612

Vocalization near Kissimmee, Florida

The witness heard a deep moaning sound on the past two nights.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

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Three Sundays ago (10/15/00) Summerfield, Marion County, Florida Related account #598

Vocalization near Summerfield, Florida

About two weeks before the party the witness and her husband heard loud sounds behind the property, fired rifles, and heard something moving away through brush.

VocalizationFootsteps
about 14 years ago Geneva, Holmes County, Florida Related account #14181

Vocalization near Geneva, Florida

A relative hunting alone in the same area at age 16 heard an extremely loud close-range roar unlike anything known, which left the relative unwilling to enter the woods after dark since.

Vocalization
Saturday, 11/21/09 Century, Escambia County, Florida Related account #26947

Vocalization near Century, Florida

The witness was hunting alone at dawn when he heard low guttural chatter-like vocalizations twice a few minutes apart.

VocalizationChatter
many nights Naples, Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Related account #32227

Vocalization near Naples, Ochopee, Florida

On many nights fishing at and near the same location, the witness heard deep primate-like calls described as similar to a howler monkey.

Vocalization
years ago Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

An acquaintance who drove a bus said that years earlier while trucking across Alligator Alley at night he stopped at a lone stop sign where a damaged car sat empty with doors open and lights on. As he prepared to leave to find a phone, a massive wide-bodied hairy thing rushed from the woods to his cab, stared him in the eyes, yelled and dented his hood. At the next phone he met the car's occupants, who said they had hit one creature and then been attacked by another before fleeing with passing motorists.

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when I was 14 Pinecrest, Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Vocalization near Pinecrest, Florida

At about fourteen the guest was night-fishing with his father on phosphate-mine land when his father boated out to full traps and left him alone on the bank. He heard sticks breaking and louder thrashing, then saw movement in myrtle bushes and a tall tree shaking violently while a loud whoa-whoa vocalization sounded. He fled to the locked truck, and his father dismissed the sound as a cow.

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December 2nd Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/01/09/sc-ep288-strange-monkey-in-the-tree-1

Wood knock in Florida

A larger group walked away from a noisy camp toward a river with lights out. They heard a clear knock, then later review revealed laugh-like and jabbering sounds and another coyote-like yell. Two close wood snaps were also recorded.

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Date unknown Florida #66d4b123-a8fb-4529-ad7b-4771355a8316

Movement only in Florida

The witness and friends were invited to a house for what was described as a prayer ceremony for family turmoil. In a window-sealed dark room a bound medicine man lay on a blanket with offerings while drumming, singing, shakers, flapping like a bird, a small green light, eating sounds, and a scream or children playing were heard. When lights returned the blanket was strewn, food was missing, and the man was unbound, and hours had passed unnoticed.

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when [name withheld] was probably nine Florida #458b9590-f45c-4ee3-af61-5d49132ad727

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

Two younger brothers and a cousin went to play by a slanted live oak and fruit trees. They hid in grass and watched an auburn-reddish tall creature pick fruit and hold it in its arm, sniffing toward them before walking off. The brother later reported hearing owl-like calls but never seeing it again.

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that first day Florida #2f377891-138c-40d4-860a-c7af0743d79b

Vocalization in Florida

A recorder left in the tree line about 200 yards from camp on the first day captured strange sounds on the only night no one stayed at camp. The sounds are described as unlike anything heard before, with talking-like gibberish underneath barking-like sounds. The narrator suggests the sounds were condensed from the whole first night.

VocalizationUnidentified sound
right after COVID hit Florida #f47317ad-6ee1-42e9-ab9c-d6a239d9941a

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

The witness and several friends camped on family land in South Florida near the national park. At night they heard hisses, tree knocks and whoops, saw strange lights, then saw a group of large hairy bipeds that threw rocks, injured a friend, threw a large dog, and chased the group as they fled on ATVs. The next day the camp was found destroyed and the dog was found dead.

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